Departmental Early Retirement

David Crausby: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many of his Department's staff have taken early retirement in each of the last five years; and at what cost to his Department in each such year.

Owen Paterson: Comparable figures for the Department as it is now configured are not available following the completion of devolution of policing and justice functions on 12 April 2010.
	Since 12 April 2010, my Department has approved early retirement for two members of staff at a cost of £201,324.